Last night at around 1 a.m. I got a phonecall. One of my colleagues was calling. She had a big problem: They were out and one of them was now totally drunk, vomitting her guts out and needed a ride home. When I got there it turned out that the girl in trouble was another colleague. She wasn't even able to stand up... Read More

So Barack Obama made it in Iowa. That's good, because I would have prefered him to Hillary Clinton, even if I can't vote in the US. But then for the Republicans Mike Huckabee made it! A creationist! God help us!

Been to Berlin for the New Year's Eve. Amazing! I've never seen so many people at one spot before. Sadly I think it is now too often down to throwing firecrackers at other people. We went to Kreuzberg after midnight to the Kato. When we left the subway, there was already riot police there But we got to the Kato without trouble and... Read More